Panaritis was a PASOK MP between 2009 and 2012. Over the last few months, she has been an adviser to Varoufakis and has been involved in Greece’s negotiations with lenders.

Her appointment failed to impress a number of SYRIZA officials. MEP Dimitris Papadimoulis called on Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to rethink the government’s choice, while MP Sofia Sakorafa said that the decision to appoint the ex-PASOK lawmaker went “beyond the limit.”